BATH – What started as a means of paying for college became an empowering hobby for Bath native Mikell Reed Carroll and led her to the International Ms. USA crown on Sunday.  Carroll, who came from an impoverished background, first competed in pageants to win scholarships for college. She estimated she has competed in a dozen pageants, winning […]

For the past several months, Emma Kyzivat and Noah Eckstein, both rising Juniors at Bowdoin College, interned at Bath City Hall to help the city update its Climate Action and Comprehensive plans. Kyzivat interned through the Bowdoin College Environmental Studies Fellowship Program and Eckstein through the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center’s Maine Government Summer Internship […]

Former Harpswell resident and Hyde School dean Matt Newberg will be the new head of school at the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences.  Newberg spent 14 years at Hyde School in Bath, where he served in a variety of roles: teacher, coach, director of the school’s performing arts program, and dean of students and faculty, respectively.  […]

Layer by layer, archaeologists in Windham are resolving – and revealing – mysteries.  The questions they have as they sift through nearly three centuries of dirt and rubble include how a 1744-era fort was constructed, how many people sought refuge in it and what life was like for the colonists who had moved to the […]

Maine plans to create a state-based health insurance marketplace under the Affordable Care Act, taking over marketing, outreach, advertising and in-person assistance from the federal government, Gov. Janet Mills said Thursday.  Maine would still use the federal website www.healthcare.gov for sign-ups, and the move would not change the providers who presently offer plans in the marketplace: Community […]

The Trek Across Maine and the American Lung Association have announced this year’s event from June 14-16 raised $1.3 million. The funds will be used to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through research, education and advocacy, according to a news release. This year, 1,675 cyclists, including a unicyclist, registered for the […]

Gracelynn, also known as Gracie, is looking for a quiet home where she can perch and watch the birds. She is FIV+ positive, so she will need to be an indoor-only cat. FIV+ cats can live long, happy, and healthy lives. For more information about owning a FIV+ cat, visit midcoasthumane.org/adopt/adoptionfaqs/. Thanks to a donor, […]

BRUNSWICK — This weekend, Kathleen Clemons and her sister-in-law Nancy Curtis-Strange, better known as the Lobster Ladies, will sell lobsters in the Fat Boy parking lot in Brunswick for the last time, the end of a 42-year tradition. Their last day in business is Saturday. For decades, Clemons perched on the tailgate of her truck […]